Milk-bottle holder.



E. B. PARKER.

MILK BOTTLE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB-12,1916.

1 ,%U7,99% v Patented Dec. 12, 1916.:

JWWWWWMW/ #flwm. {Mam me new": Pen-Ra cu. Pnomumo" wASRINamN, vv c.

EDWIN B. PARKER, F HAVERI-IILL, MASSACHUSETTSS, ASSIGNGB 0F ONE-HALF T0 PIERCE F. CUMMINGS, 0F LAVURENGE, llBIAEtSACHUSETTS.

MILK-BUT'JLE HOLDER.

Application filed February 12;, 1916.

1 b all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWIN B. PARKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Haverhill, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improve: ment in Milk-Bottle Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in milk bottle holders, and more par ticularly to holders of the type in which the bottles are suspended by their necks.

The invention has for its object to provide a form of holder in which a bottle may be readily inserted, and securely supported,

and from which it may as readily be re moved, and to provide a form of support which is adapted to be readily locked, so that the bottle cannot be removed by unauthorized persons, and which is of simple 2 and durable construction. I accomplish these objects by the means shown in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bottle holder embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan View thereof, partly broken away. Fig. 3 is a front elevation. Fig. 4 is a cen tral cross sectional view at the line as of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view. Fig. 6 is a detail view showing the locking means.

According to my invention 1 provide an angularly shaped bracket 64, which is adapted to be secured to a wall by screws or other suitable means, said bracket having a horizontally disposed portion which is provided with a semicircular recess a, at its front side, the longest diameter of which is approximately equal to the diameter of the neck of an ordinary milk bottle. A

flange a is provided about a portion of said recess a which depends from the under side of the bracket, and extends outwardly there from to provide a bottle-engaging surface. A pair or horizontal, parallel arms 5 extend from said bracket at each side of said recess, and a clamping bar 0 is slidably mounted in guideways formed in the upper sides of said arms, and is provided with lugs 0 at its ends which extend beneath said arms. Said bar 0 is provided with a semicircular recess 0', corresponding to the recess a in the bracket and having a depending flange c on its under side corresponding to the flange a and extending inwardly. A

pair of springs d are attached to the under Patented Dec. 12, 191%.

Serial No. 6 8,011.

side of the bracket 0, and to the under side of the bar 0, adjacent its ends, and act nor mally to hold the bar 6 against the shoulders 64 at the inner ends of the guideway, in which it is supported, in which position the recesses a, c unite to form a circular aperture, the diameter of which is somewhat constricted by the flanges a 0 A metal cover 6 is pivotally connected to the bracket or by a pivot f adjacent the rear end thereof, said cover being adapted to extend entirely over the bottle-receiving recesses a, 0. One of the arms 6 is provided with an apertured lug g, which projects from one side thereof, and one of the lugs 0 is provided with a similarly disposed aperture, which is adapted to register with the aperture in the lug 9, when the cross bar is in its inner position. The cover 6 is also provided with an apertured lug 0 which extends over the lug 9, so that the apertures in all three lugs are normally held in register, as shown in Fig. 6.

To insert the bottle in the holder, the rim of the bottle is caught against the depending flange 0 on the bar 0, and the bar is drawn outwardly thereby to a sufiicient extent to permit the neck of the bottle to be pushed up between the bar and the bracket, and, as the diameter of the rim of the bottle is greater than the diameter of the aperture between the bracket, and the bar, the bottle will be supported thereby when the springs (Z are permitted to draw back the bar, as shown in Fig. 1. Obviously, the bottle may be removed in like manner.

If it is desired to prevent the removal of the bottle from the holder by unauthorized persons, the bar 0 may be locked to the bracket in any convenient manner, as by passing a padlock through the lug apertures thereof, and, at the same time, the cover 0, may be locked down, so that access to the bottle will be prevented.

lhe depending flanges or lips a 0 enable the bracket and clamping-bar to be made of thin material, and, at the same time, enable the bottle to be supported entirely below the level of the upper surfaces of said bracket and bar, so that the cover may lie flat thereon.

1. A bottle holder comprising a bracket having a bottle'receiving recess in its front side, and guideways at each side of said. re-

cess, a clamping-bar slidably mounted on said guide-Ways and having a bottle-engaging seat on its side next said recess, stops on the bracket for limiting the movement of said bar toward the bracket, and springs for normally holding said bar against said stops.

2- A bottle holder comprising a bracket having a bottle-receiving recess in its front side, a pair of arms extending therefrom at opposite sides of said recess, a clamping-bar slidably mounted on said arms, and means to hold'said bar in yielding engagement With a bottle held in said recess,-said bar and one of said arms each having a fastener receiv- 15 ing aperture arranged to be held in register when the bar is in a bottle-supporting position.

3. A bottle holder comprising .a bracket having a bott1e=receiving recess in its front side, a pair of arms extending therefrom at opposite sides of the recess, a clamping-bar slidably mounted on said arms, means to hold said'bar in yielding engagament with a bottle held in said,recess,.a cover on said bracket arranged to extend over said recess and said bar, and means to lock said cover and bar to one of said arms.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

EDWIN B. PARKER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

